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Auction: 22109 - The David Hoover Collection of Crowns: 1551-1953
Lot: 2100

(x) PCGS MS62 | George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1751 VICESIMO QVINTO, older laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. crowned shields cruciform, angles plain, eight strings to harp, seven hearts, lettered edge downwards, 30.18g, 5h (Pywell-Phillips 315; Bull 1671; ESC 128; Spink 3690), adjustment marks to cheek, otherwise light tone overlying residually cartwheel lustrous surfaces, a pleasingly bold extremely fine, a key date especially in higher grades, very rare thus, in PCGS holder, graded MS62 (Cert. #38692844)

Provenance
Heritage, CSNS Signature 3083, 24 April 2020, lot 30346 - $3,200
Sovereign Rarities 2, 24 September 2019, lot 210 - series of old light parallel scratches on face, possibly flan adjustment marks, otherwise toned extremely fine and a rare date - £2,500
New York Sale XLVI, 9 January 2019, lot 1087 [unsold]



https://www.pcgs.com/cert/38692844

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Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£2200